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@XFactor - On the "good or bad news" question, I was wondering if it was a clue to the severity of the injury? He says it's very painful now. Too painful to play. In his mind, he's convinced that it's a tear and it's going to be a long recovery and possibly surgery - and there's zero chance of him playing this HS season. (Me? I say let's wait for the MRI before jumping to conclusions.) Anyway, back to the good/bad news motrin thing. My thought/wondering is this: If taking an OTC pain reliever masks the pain well enough to allow him to go and play and play as if nothing is wrong, is that a tip off on the severity of the injury? Could it possibly be a Grade 3 or a tear - worse case scenarios and most painful - and nullified by motrin? Or, does the OTC painkiller providing 99% relief mean that it's probably a Grade 1 strain and there's hope that it might be more like 2 or 3 weeks recovery rather than 4 to 6?

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